Does Samus leave corpses or do they just kind of disintegrate? I'm remember Federation corpses lying around.
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China's New Video Game Rules Officially Bans Pools of blood, Corpses, Mahjong, Poker and Imperial Schemes
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I was confused until I remembered it said political intrigue
That's some unfortuante timing for Koei. I think they'd been targeting China with the most recent game (as DW9 released with a Chinese dub, and seemingly had plenty of advertising in China).
It's a shame, I thought Mahjong Poker Corpse 1 had a lot of potential
(But seriously though, can this be a real game)
Kind of reminds me of the ridiculous comics code from the US past.
So afraid of subversive media.
So afraid of subversive media.
It's happening, but it is a loosing battle overall.
https://supchina.com/2018/08/02/maj...nime-under-investigation-over-vulgar-content/
https://pandaily.com/anger-over-bilibili-censorship-could-tip-china-toward-rating-system/
Yup. This is the kind of censorship I actually find worrying.
As China's influence grows, it will try to make the rest of the world follow its restrictions on entertainment.
Not just entertainment. Authoritarian governments despise art. It's difficult to control. They're against one of the most wonderful things about being human: our capacity for imagination.
(I'm referring to the government, not the people of China)
I mean Zhuge is part of the article. And he reopened the thread.
Ah, didn't know thread was re-opened.
This is going to be crazy to implement - are they going to just retroactively ban all non conforming games ?
Well apparently they are somewhat banned. I made a mistake of streaming Yakuza 0 to douyu 3-4 months ago, the mods nuked my stream instantly and issued me warnings for streaming "banned game".
FYI these regulations are for monetization, not operations. This means that you can run the game and let people play it, but you can't make money off of it.
I don't know if this applies only to MTX or also to boxed products, as I only have experience with F2P stuff in China.
I don't know if this applies only to MTX or also to boxed products, as I only have experience with F2P stuff in China.
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They're not banning mahjong. They're banning mahjong games that monetize.
Ah. That's better. Banning mahjong would result in a full on revolt. You don't mess with that game.
And never trust a senior citizen that offers to bet money on a game. ;)
I guess as long as they call him a species it ain't a corpse or supernatural.So... umm... are mario games gonna have trouble? Would they consider Dry Bones a corpse??
So... umm... are mario games gonna have trouble? Would they consider Dry Bones a corpse??
i recall they issued a ban on skeletons? this is was further back
There was never a ban on skeletons. This was a rumor that was started by Blizzard adapting WoW and trying to be as safe as possible, so they removed skeletons (which are seen as "gore" in China). Since then, other developers have followed suit just to be safe. There's no actual regulations around skeletons specifically, and there are both Chinese and Western games with skeletons operating in China.
Well. So Devotion will never come back?
EDIT: The devs are uncertain. https://www.spieltimes.com/news/when-will-devotion-return-to-steam-devs-said-theyre-uncertain/
EDIT: The devs are uncertain. https://www.spieltimes.com/news/when-will-devotion-return-to-steam-devs-said-theyre-uncertain/
So, they effectively banned 95% of games on the market? Well, I guess Chinese gamers still have HOGs to play, those without corpses at least.
Interesting. Sega has been trying to pander to Chinese audiences more with recent Yakuza games. With this news, I wonder if they'll even bother? Yakuza 5's due for a remaster in Asia in June, that has Mahjong in it along with Poker...
To be fair, a lot of video games do at least try to teach people to fight against oppressions. You can't have that when they should be worshipping God-Emperor Xi.
I better not see any hint of this potentially affecting anything distributed outside of China. There's no reason why anyone should have to put up with China's dystopian government, especially not when they don't live there.
tencent is extremely an exception wrt to its position vs the government
If I'm reading it right, it only applies to new titles that haven't obtained a license yet: